I was lucky enough to get my hands on the new Canon Vixia HF100 HD camcorder this week, and I haven’t been disappointed. The camcorder has won many awards this year, and rightly so.
I’ve been using it non-stop and getting great results. I’ve had the Sony DCR-PC9E MiniDV Handycam since 2001, it served the family well, but a change was needed. Moving from tape to memory card is a delight.
To take the flash memory out of the camera, download and edit on the PC in full HD has to be seen to be believed. The camera is well spec’d with:
- 30p progressive
- AVCHD
- HDMI sockets
- Full HD 1080 (1920×1080 recording)
- Dolby Digital
- Cinema mode – 24p
I’ve created a very quick clip in the cool Cinema 24 mode, downloaded it to my iMac and edited it in iMovie and then uploaded it to Vimeo.com (which I highly recommend – if you haven’t got an account yet, get one!)
Here’s an embedded test clip. For full HD, you need to visit the Vimeo.com site.
First trial of my new Canon Vixia HF100 – in HD from David Burden on Vimeo.
